Heat-deflecting device



H. M. MCELVEEN.

HEAT DEFLECTING DEVICE.

APPucATlon FILED rsa. 14. Isls.

' 1,318,216. Patented ot.7,1919.

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.THE COLUMBIA PLANOQRAPH co.. WASHINGTON. D. c.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. MOELvEnN, f

HENRY MOODY MCELVEEN, OF CHARLESTON', SOUTH CAROLINA.

HEAT-DEFLECTING- DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 7, 1919.

Application led February 14, 1919. Serial No. 275,968.

arcitizen of the United States, residing at Charleston, in the county of Charleston and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heat- Deflecting Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in heat deflecting devices for fire places and consists of an adjustable damper pivoted at its lower end at the corners thereof and adapted to be held at different inclinations above the grate and serves as a means for deilecting heat into the room which would otherwise pass up the chimney and be lost.

The invention comprises a simple and eiiicient device of this character having various details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically dened in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which: Y

Figure l is a vertical sectional view throughv a fire place, showing the application of my invention thereto, and

Fig. 2 is a front view.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter:

A designates a damper of any suitable size and made of any suitable material, and having a series of slots A formedV therein extending substantially vthe entire length thereof, or if preferred, the damper may have openings of various shapes therein to permit gas or smoke from the grate to pass therethrough to the chimney without interference. An angled lever H is pivotally Vmounted on a pin L in a notch formed in the upper marginal edge of the opening in the re place at one side thereof, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. One arm of the lever terminates in a counter balance weight H and its other arm has serrations O upon its under edge and terminates at its end in a downwardly extending lug l designed to limit the throw of the damper in its movement toward the rear wall of the fire place. By the provision of a heat deiiecting device embodying the features of my invention, it will be noted that a simple and eicient device is provided whereby heat otherwise wasted in' fire places will be deflected into the room, the damper being adapted to be held in different adjusted positions.

What I claim as new is: In combination with a fire place having a throat, the front wall of the lire place having a notch in its marginal edge near the side wall thereof, a damper pivoted at its lower end to the opposite side walls of the fire place below said throat, an angle lever pivoted in said notch and having a counterbalanced weight at the end of one arm thereof, and its other arm normally held at an inclination by said counter balanced end, and having serrations upon its under edge and terminating in a downwardly inclined lug, the outer swinging edge of the damper adapted to contact with said serrations to hold the damper at different inclinations, said lug' being disposed in the path of the outer edge of the damper and serving to limit the throwV of the latter toward the rear wall of the fire place.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afIiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY MOODY MOELVEEN.

Witnesses:

F. F. ROBERTS, H. A. SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,`by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

